workshops | keynotes

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How Congruence, Connection, and Contribution empower you to elevate your people toward impressive and often surprising results.

Are you a Culture Catalyst? Yes! The next question is, What type of Catalyst are you? Hopefully, you're dynamic and constructive! (And not anemic and toxic.) 

As leaders we are “Catalysts of the Culture,” and from this place of accountability, we either positively or negatively impact the most important entity in the culture—our people. Culture is not an object or an ethereal entity; it’s our people, individually and collectively. And when our people are elevated and equipped, they experience greater joy, fulfillment, and satisfaction in their work.

In this interactive experience, you’ll explore ... 

• a core belief you hold about your culture and ways you can more congruently express that belief.
  Salient Point: Leaders who develop high levels of Congruency ignite momentum.
• your relationship with your team and ways to create synergistic, empowering connections.
  Salient Point: Leaders who develop high levels of Connection amplify their influence and empower high performance.
• how your actions provide a model to show others how to contribute to the organization’s Higher Good.
  Salient Point: Leaders who develop high levels of Contribution increase their impact and build a legacy.

You'll use the Essential Expressions of a Vibrant Culture—Congruence, Connection, and Contribution—to collaboratively solve relatable scenarios. The Essential Elements provide a reference point from which leaders make decisions, collaborate with team members, and keep the organization focused on the one main thing, impressive performance.

The content of this workshop is based on the insights and distinctions of thought leaders such as Peter Senge and Simon Sinek and research from Gallop’s findings on why people follow a leader and studies on why people leave their organizations from John Hopkins and Harvard Business Review.

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keynote

multiple-hour workshop

participants: leaders at any level: managers, C-suite executives, directors, lead teachers, principals, district administrators, and superintendents.

Why? Relationships matter.

Have you noticed that even though everyone on the team ascribes to the vision, mission, and purpose, we can find ourselves caught in contentious conversations and rattled relationships? Or how can our “I’m-so-glad-you’re-in-this-with-me” camaraderie turn into “if-that-person-never-says-another-word-it’s-okay-with-me” animosity? The good news is: Conflict happens in the best of relationships, within the best of teams, and even within the best of boards. The better news: We can move through and beyond conflict, and we can even create conditions to minimize the impact. In this session, we’ll explore specific strategies that empower us to navigate the chaos of conflict, restore relationships, and keep us focused on accomplishing the mission. 

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multiple-hour workshop

participants: teams, managers, C-suite executives, directors, lead teachers, PLC leaders, district directors, program coordinators, superintendents, board members

Why? What we focus on matters.

In this collaborative, solution-oriented experience, leaders examine current initiatives in their organization, and explore the answers to How many is too many? and What's the impact on personnel and students? and write a prescription that either prevents, manages, or cures initiativitis in their organization.

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keynote

multiple-hour workshop

learning leaders: CEOs, managers, superintendents, associate superintendents, directors, program coordinators

Why? Efficacy matters. 

Conducting professional conversations that stay focused and that result in increased effectiveness can be challenging. Put Me In, Coach! dynamically synthesizes cognitive coaching, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and neurolinguistics into a practical model that deepens reflection, increases personal accountability, facilitates the transfer of effective practices, and ensures high levels 

of implementation. 

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multiple day workshop with implementation support

participants: managers, C-suite executives, directors, instructional coaches, PLC leaders, principals, district administrators

Why? Support matters.

These collaborative, solution-finding, meetings and accompanying one-to-one mentoring sessions gather leaders to examine their current challenges, explore answers, and support one another in implementing solutions.

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multiple months

participants: managers, C-suite executives, directors, principals, district administrators, superintendents

Why? Reality matters.

Post-pandemic, our students’ and even our colleagues' cognitive and social capacities have been altered. And despite knowing this truth, far too many school and organizational cultures remain entrenched in systems that produce the opposite of what we desire—competent, confident, people who can thrive personally and professionally.

This inspiring and thought-provoking experience highlights the impact that discoveries in neuroscience are having on motivation and learning, what this means for classrooms and schools, and how learning leaders—administrators, staff, and teachers—can navigate this new reality. 

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keynote

multiple-hour workshop

participants: managers, C-suite executives, directors, lead teachers, principals, district administrators, superintendents

Specialized and personalized skill development

• presentation & facilitation skills
• implementing an initiative
• designing meetings, workshops, conferences, seminars, speeches